Holiday Gift Guide for Girls: 2017 Edition

Help us support even more women and girls in 2018

AAUW’s Holiday Gift Guide for Girls has you covered. For the sixth year in a row (Check out our gift guides from previous years for more ideas!) we’ve created a list of gifts that empower girls to believe in themselves, defy stereotypes, be creative, and dream big! Read on to find gifts for activists, scientists, and change makers at every age and at every stage of their trailblazing careers.Can’t figure out what to get your favorite girls this holiday season?

4–6

Start teaching your little ones early on that gender doesn’t have to fit into social norms. With Not Every Princess you’ll be able to tap into your little one’s imagination and teach them to be true to themselves.

7–10

Written by Andrea Beaty
Illustrated by David RobertsAge groups: 7–10, tweens

Little Rosie Revere is just as ambitious as her aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter). When Rosie hears that her aunt was unable to achieve her dream of flying, she engineers a contraption to achieve Aunt Rose’s ultimate goal. While the machine doesn’t go exactly according to plan, Aunt Rose reassures little Rosie that failure only happens when you quit.

This book will help nurture a love for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and a passion for learning and experimenting! Pair this book with a registration to an AAUW Tech Trek camp for your tween and she’ll be well on her way to becoming a real-life Rosie Revere!

Tweens

Women and girls were not always allowed on the playing field — or even in schools! Many of the laws and limitations challenging their participation were only lifted a few decades ago. Learn about Title IX and how it changed the game for women and girls.

Barbie has recently begun to recognize “sheroes” — women heroes who inspire girls by breaking boundaries and expanding possibilities for women everywhere. “Sheroes” such as Misty Copeland, Ashley Graham, and Ava Duvernay have been transformed into Barbie dolls and can now be purchased as miniature role models for girls throughout their lives.

Through hands-on problem solving and encounters with women role models in STEM, AAUW Tech Trek helps girls shape their futures while having nonstop fun. This one-week summer camp is designed to make STEM fields exciting and accessible to girls in middle school — the age when girls’ participation in these fields drops. For many girls, Tech Trek sparks their curiosity and puts them on the path to success.

Motivate girls to choose a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education track! When AAUW members purchase a Sydney Paige® backpack, another backpack with school supplies and STEM materials will be donated to an AAUW Tech Trek participant. Members get a discount, Tech Trek participants take home a bag of goodies, and AAUW receives a cash-back donation! To purchase, go to www.SydneyPaigeInc.com/AAUW.

Teens

Over the years NASA has seen many amazing women accomplish challenging feats. This LEGO set honors four pioneering trailblazers in STEM: Mae Jemison, an astronaut, engineer, and physician; Nancy Grace Roman, an educator and astronomer, Sally Ride, an astronaut, entrepreneur, physicist, and computer scientist; and Margaret Hamilton, an entrepreneur and computer scientist.

Dancers, actors, artists, and writers come together in Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World. Covering topics such as intersectionality, friendships, gender identity, and self-care, these 44 voices give insight as to what feminism really looks like.

Tinker Crate is a STEM box designed for kids ages 9 to 16. This monthly subscription box allows you to customize different STEM-related projects that include all the material, blueprints, experiments, activities, and video tutorials to fully immerse you in your project of the month!

College Students

How can college students redefine leadership? At AAUW’s National Conference for College Women Student Leaders students shape their future through a transformative three-day leadership experience. Not in college? Don’t let the young leaders you know miss out on this amazing conference — give the gift of leadership today! Registration is open now.

By Her Resistance Coloring Book
Age groups: Teens, college students, graduate students and young professionals

This inspirational adult coloring book for feminists supports women’s rights, promotes self-care, honors women’s equity and rights, and gives your college student a great way to wind down after a tough exam.

Graduate Student and Young Professionals

Lo & Sons
Age groups: Graduate students and young professionals, professionals and parents

Get your young professional the only bag she will ever need for school, travel, or work: a lightweight yet functional overnight bag designed for the modern traveler. Features a place for your laptop, a separate shoe compartment, and plenty of pockets.

RealHer
Age groups: College students, graduate student and young professionals

Every woman and girl deserves to feel comfortable in their own skin. RealHer was founded by a father who wanted to build a brand to influence women the way he “would want any company to inspire [his] daughter.” This cruelty-free and all-natural brand has a simple mission: Empower women to embrace their strengths and weaknesses alike — and let makeup act as a source of confidence and inspiration. The I Am Tough matte liquid lipstick, I Am a Fighter lip gloss, and Be Yourself Be RealHer lip liner trio can be worn together for a bold red look or mixed and matched to create a variety of different looks.

From an early age Anita Hemmings longed to attend Vassar College. But she is hiding a secret, and it’s one that may compromise her dream: She is African American. With her light skin, Anita succeeds in passing as white and matriculating at Vassar, where she finds herself living with Lottie Taylor, the daughter of one of New York’s most prominent families. Pulling a reclusive Anita out of her shell, Lottie inadvertently puts her friend’s greatest secret at risk. A fictionalized account of the life of the first African American woman to graduate from Vassar College, The Gilded Years is a moving story of how one woman risked it all for the chance at a better life.

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